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"During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive."
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"Trying to educate the dumb with a dumb teacher is nothing but washing the dirty clothes in a dirty water!"
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"All that is necessary for a student is access to a library."
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"Math is a hard subject.... - no silence from you and skipping this and going to the next quote, didn't you done this?"
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"People should train their brain by watching films, by listening music, by playing games, by reading quotes. If people do this, I can said from this a big percent from here you can become clever."
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"Even the names of the books gave me food for thought."
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"Use two-way communication on oral exams to check the students' knowledge, not their attitudes. Checking attitudes can lead to the slippery area of subjective assessment."
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"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."
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"Intellectual capacity is a precondition for becoming a man of knowledge."
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"It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body."
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"Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge."
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"I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions."
Thought
"I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career."
Career
"Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself."
People
"In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since."
July
"The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other."
Power
"Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects."
Sex
"I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community."
Woman
"If you think about the way the hearings were structured, the hearings were really about Thomas' race and my gender."
Gender
"But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities."
Woman
"The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life."
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